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Stadium Tech Report

January 22nd, 2025

Paul Kapustka

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Colorado brings Wi-Fi and DAS to Folsom Field

There will be a change in the air at Folsom Field this fall, and not just from the team that new head coach Mel Tucker will lead onto the gridiron. For the first time, the mile-high atmosphere inside the University of Colorado's historic venue will be filled with fan-facing Wi-Fi and cellular signals, thanks to new networks being installed this...

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Super Bowl LIV recap: Big jump in per-device usage fuels record Wi-Fi mark

The big game is back on top of the unofficial Mobile Sports Report single-day Wi-Fi rankings, with a mark of 26.42 terabytes of data used at Super Bowl LIV in Miami, according to figures reported by Extreme Networks. What’s most interesting (to us) about the number is that it was generated in a venue that had approximately 8,000 fewer fans...

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News

JMA invents emergency ventilation system for Covid-19 treatments

JMA, a renowned company in the stadium-wireless sector for its telecom equipment, has spearheaded a joint effort to construct an "emergency" ventilation system for COVID-19 patient treatment. This system involves incorporating existing medical equipment with a specialized mechanical device to support patients' breathing until they can be transferred to more advanced ventilators. These emergency systems are now readily available at...

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DIY method brings Wi-Fi to Rutgers basketball arena

It was a bit more complicated than a trip to Home Depot, but when the Rutgers University IT team wanted to bring fan-facing Wi-Fi to the school’s basketball arena but didn’t have the budget for a big-name contractor or vendor deal, it did what many weekend warriors do when faced with the same build vs. buy decision: They did it...

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Editorial

Wireless outlook for 2020: Will the iPhone 11 drive faster Wi-Fi 6 adoption?

You may not immediately think of Apple as a huge driver in the Wi-Fi business, but some initial data points surfacing at early Wi-Fi 6 network deployments may be showing that Apple's decision to include Wi-Fi 6 support in its new iPhone 11 line could end up driving faster adoption of the latest version of Wi-Fi technology. As always with...

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